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𝗔 𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆. → Started in 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 → Acquired for $𝟑𝟐 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 in 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 → Became the 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭-𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫�

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 Bill Gates once removed the radio from his car. Why? Because he didn’t want anything to take his mind off Microsoft. Back in the 1980s, when Microsoft was still small, Bill gave jou

𝗘𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 "𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐩, 𝐰𝐞’𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝." That’s what Elon Musk told every Tesla employee. Harsh? May

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 Most founders fall in love with their ideas. Apoorva Mehta killed 20 before finding the one that worked. His secret? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐧�

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗨𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 Markus Villig was just 19 when he took on Uber. No experience. No investors. Just a bold idea and €𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎 borrowed from his parents. Today, his company, 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐭, is w

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗼𝗯𝗶 𝗟ü𝘁𝗸𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗩𝗖𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗳𝘆 When Tobi Lütke pitched Shopify to investors, they walked away. Their reason? The

𝗜𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴, 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡, 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲. Crypto was confusing. It was risky. But

𝗛𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝟮𝟬 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟳𝟯𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀. Then, staring at his empty fridge, he got a 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚. The problem? He missed the 𝐘 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 deadline and needed funding FAST.

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘀 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸’𝘀 𝗨𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝘀: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲—𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗. A simple idea is born: Tap a button. 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞. That idea? 𝐔𝐛𝐞𝐫. The m

𝗦𝗮𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 If you’re in your 20s or just getting started. Here’s a powerful reminder from Sam Altman (CEO of OpenAI): “𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨